| name | soft-editorial-lifestyle-ig-post-skill |
| description | Create or redesign Instagram posts in a soft editorial lifestyle aesthetic: 4:5 aspect ratio, calm still-life composition with coffee cup, bread, linen fabric, warm morning light, clean magazine-style layout, structured color blocks, typography overlays, low-saturation warm palette, soft shadows, natural lighting, airy refined premium mood. Use for IG posts, Instagram carousels, lifestyle brands, cafe content, wellness, slow living, product notes, editorial social graphics, and understated premium visual systems. |
Soft Editorial Lifestyle IG Post Skill
Use this skill when an Instagram post should feel warm, calm, premium, and understated with a magazine-style lifestyle still-life composition.
Style Intent
Create minimal IG posts with a soft editorial lifestyle aesthetic.
- Format: 4:5 Instagram post.
- Main visual: calm still-life composition with coffee cup, bread, linen fabric, and warm morning light.
- Layout: image plus text areas with layered color blocks and subtle grid alignment.
- Typography: elegant modern mix of serif and sans-serif, medium weight, clean spacing.
- Mood: airy, quiet, refined, natural, premium but not flashy.
- Color behavior: low saturation, warm tone, soft contrast, slightly desaturated.
Required Palette
- Linen Beige:
#F8EAE1
- Warm Brown:
#8A470F
- Muted Blue Gray:
#B1BBBA
- Vintage Orange:
#DDA370
Utility tones:
- Soft Cream:
#FFF8F1
- Coffee Shadow:
#6E3A16
- Warm Taupe:
#C7A992
- Paper Line:
#E8D6CB
Non-Negotiables
- Use 4:5 aspect ratio unless the user explicitly asks otherwise.
- Keep the palette low-saturation, warm, and softly contrasted.
- Use a balanced image and text composition, not a centered poster.
- Prefer structured editorial blocks over decorative frames.
- Keep typography overlays clean and readable.
- Use soft natural shadows only; avoid dramatic contrast.
- Avoid neon colors, glossy effects, heavy gradients, brutalist typography, busy collages, strong black-and-white contrast, and loud decorative elements.
Workflow
- Identify the post purpose: quote, lifestyle note, cafe/product post, brand message, carousel opener, or seasonal announcement.
- Reduce content to one calm main message.
- Use
references/style-system.md.
- Choose a pattern from
references/post-patterns.md.
- Validate with
references/qa-checklist.md.
Reference Files
references/style-system.md: visual system, still-life direction, palette, typography, layout, and lighting rules.references/post-patterns.md: reusable soft editorial lifestyle IG layouts.references/qa-checklist.md: final export checks.
Asset Files
assets/examples/01_cover.svg: 4:5 style cover reference.assets/template.html: lightweight HTML reference layout.
